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Registration of Criminals Act 1949 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Identification of Individuals

9. Taking identifying information from accused individuals

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Last amended by an amending law of 2022.

(1)

This section applies to or in relation to an individual who —

(a)

is accused of an eligible crime or a registrable crime; and

(b)

is either —

(i)

under arrest or in lawful custody; or

(ii)

released on bail or personal bond, whether or not by a court.

(2)

An authorised officer may do any one or more of the following:

(a)

take or cause to be taken the finger impressions and photographs of the individual;

(b)

make or cause to be made a record of —

(i)

any other identifying information of the individual that the authorised officer thinks necessary;

(ii)

the particulars of the eligible crime or registrable crime that the individual is accused of; or

(iii)

any other particulars about the individual that the authorised officer thinks necessary;

(c)

subject to section 15, carry out any forensic procedure for the purpose of paragraph (a) or (b).

(3)

The authorised officer must send a copy of all identifying information and records taken or made under subsection (2) to the Registrar for identification and report.

Terms defined in s 2

authorised officer
Defined · s 2
“authorised officer” means —(a)a police officer;(b)an officer of customs of the Singapore Customs in any case concerning an offence or alleged offence against any law or provision of law which is the function of the Singapore Customs to enforce;(c)an immigration officer;(ca)a forensic specialist acting in accordance with an authorisation under section 65B(1) of the Police Force Act 2004 to exercise a power under this Act;(d)an officer of any law enforcement agency in any case concerning an offence or alleged offence against any law or provision of law which it is the function of that agency to enforce; and(e)any other person who is duly appointed in writing by the Commissioner of Police as an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act or any provision of this Act;
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crime
Defined · s 2
“crime” means any offence included for the time being in the First or Second Schedule;
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forensic procedure
Defined · s 2
“forensic procedure”, in relation to an individual, includes doing one or all of the following in relation to the individual:(a)taking an impression or cast of a wound from the external parts of the individual’s body other than the parts referred to in section 13A(3);(b)the taking of physical measurements (whether or not involving marking) for biomechanical analysis of an external part of the body other than the parts referred to in section 13A(3);(c)removing any article that the individual is wearing, and searching any article so removed;(d)removing a relevant thing attached physically to those external parts of the individual’s body or taking a sample of that relevant thing;(e)photographing any relevant thing in the position it is found on the external parts of the individual’s body, or in the individual’s mouth;
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other particulars
Defined · s 2
“other particulars”, in relation to a person, means any particulars, information or description of that person, other than his or her registrable particulars, that may be relevant or useful in the identification of that person;
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Registrar
Defined · s 2
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Criminals appointed under section 3, and includes an Assistant Registrar of Criminals.
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